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CVE-2024-42188

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Nov 14, 2024 | Modified: Oct 28, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Vulnerability-free packages from our partners
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42188
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html

HCL Connections is vulnerable to a broken access control vulnerability that may allow an unauthorized user to update data in certain scenarios.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Connections Hcltech 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release1 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release1 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release2 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release2 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release3 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release3 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release4 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release4 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release5 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release5 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release6 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release6 (including)
Connections Hcltech 8.0-cumulative_release7 (including) 8.0-cumulative_release7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References

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